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You meet at a local cafe and someone walks you through the queues then you join a tour. Guide was knowledgeable and interesting.

Our tour guide Rita was the best! She clearly has a lot of experience and knows how to navigate the crowds at the Vatican. Would highly recommend this particular tour guide!

We enjoyed learning about the history of the Vatican by an expert and appreciated being shown the main places.

So much information and we saw so much beautiful art. Without such a wonderful guide we would not have had such an experience

The guide was very lively and interesting, shared a lot of things about everything inside the vatican

The guide interacted well with all of us, engaging us in conversation and pointing out points of interests and details relating to our different countries. Going on your own has its advantages, but wth a guided tour, you are sure to see and experience he most important and significant items in the museum.

The right speed in most of the moments. There is however the feeling that you could spend days looking at everything.

Rita knew everything about the Basilica and the museum. She also seemed to know everybody on the tour who was official. She knew everybody.

We experienced more with a guided tour than if we did it on our own. There were many details that you would not know just from reading the signs. Definitely suggest booking a private tour to enhance your experience.

All the information and details that the guide provides. If you go by yourself you will just look at rocks and monuments without learning anything about them.

It was nice skipping the lines. Having a tour guide tell us the information we would've missed how we walk through our own was well worth it.

Number one advice is to find the right tour company that employs knowledgeable and experienced tour guides! Headout was great to work with!

The guide Rita was very good. The ability to 'skip the line' in both the Vatican & St Peters was awesome. What we didnt like was not being able to go back into the Vatican to explore more of it after the tour as there was more to see. Also I think the tour should finish in St Peters so we could see more of it in our own time. I felt the limited time in each place meant we didnt get great value for the money we spent.

I got to see so much and Eliza made sure we could see everything possible and told us where and when we could take the best pictures and what was the most important things (which felt like everything).

Patricia was friendly and polite. She explained with interesting details to make the tour lively. The palace is fantastic!

Our tour guide was amazing. She knew so much about the history of the Vatican. She was also very considerate of us, she made sure she stopped at many stops with shade when we were outside. I took this tour during the summer, and breaks with shade were essential.

The guide was very informative and managed the tour time schedule that allowed for us to get the most out of the tour.

The interesting facts about about the Sistine Chapel and the Badillica, it brought the highlights to life.

Our guide was excellent and his description was very interesting. He passed on to us the passion he had for art and Michel Angelo.

Julia was a lovely guide and led us efficiently through the Vatican full of info and pointing out the highlights. It was good and she did a great job.

Rita our tour guide was fantastic. Great value in helping navigate and skip the lines, but also really knowledgeable.

Fully recommend guided tour of the Colosseum and the Foro Romano. Our guide Max was very friendly and knowledgeable!

Without the guide we would have no idea what we were looking at. Julia kept us moving and was extremely knowledgable and I learned things I never knew. She also had a good sense of humour

Our tour guide Rudi was very friendly, funny and well organised and made sure we visited and learned about the most important parts of the museum, grounds and basilica within our 3h timeslot

Our tour guide did a great job keeping the group together at all times. He gave great instructions and information!

No queuing, great knowledge of the are vy the guide. Easy walking very relaxed. Plenty of time for photos.

Didn't do the guided tour as we made an error on the timing of the tour. Just did the sites ourselves which worked well for our timing.

Having a guide is essential to getting through the crowds and seeing the places you most want to see.

There's so much to see and having a tour guide really makes a big difference and allows you to understand much of the chronology, meaning behind much of the pieces and artwork.

The explanation of detail of everything. The Vatican itself is beautiful, however, the tour made it that much better.

Elle, our guide, took her time with us and ensured we could see and hear despite the crowds. She was excellent! She used humor, stories, and history to teach us about the Vatican museum contents, the Sistine Chapel, and even just before we entered St. Peter's.

Vincenzo made sure we knew exactly where we were going, clearly told us what we needed to do at each step, and what to notice. We knew we were well taken care of, and in very capable hands.

Perfect amount of information. There is so much to see it would be easy to be overloaded with info but Massimo gave enough to keep you interest but not so much as to become boring.

She was very good, but in too much of a hurry. It was a 3 hour trip and we were through after 2,5 hours. She was rushing too much

It was timed to perfection. Julia was the best tour guide.A vast amount of information to learn from the experience

The only way to ensure you're utilizing your precious time in the Vatican is to ensure you book your tour well in advance of your travels and to book it via headout.

The guided tour was excellent. We skipped the line which saved us a great deal of time. The tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. Was skeptical but very glad we made reservations with them. Highly recommend.

Our tour guides knowledge her name was Sylvia was exceptional and really made the experience more enjoyable. She was also very easy going and accomodating.

I would highly recommend a guided tour over just an entry ticket or an audioguide based on my experience because a knowledgeable guide, like Christian Ventura, truly enhances the entire visit. While an entry ticket or an audioguide can provide basic information, a guided tour offers a deeper, more personalized experience. Our guide was able to share fascinating stories, historical context, and artistic insights that brought the art and architecture to life in ways an audio recording simply can’t. Additionally, having an expert on hand to answer questions in real-time makes the experience much more interactive and rewarding. The pace of the tour was also perfectly balanced, ensuring we had enough time to enjoy the highlights while avoiding the crowds. For anyone wanting to truly understand the history and significance of the Vatican, a guided tour is invaluable.

Yes, the guided tour was so worth it! I usually prefer doing my own thing, but my tour guide was so helpful and I definitely could not have navigated all the unforeseen circumstances of technical difficulties and impromptu scheduling clashes of the Basilica by myself.

We had previously done an audio tour and a guided tour beats it hands down, Getting the history and background from an accredited guide was fantastic

Guided tour is definitely the way to go to get the most out of your experience! The guides are well educated and have a license to be a tour guide.

The guided tour offered quicker entry to The Vatican and we were able to avoid long queues. It was also a great way to to get an overview of The Vatican, The Sistine Chapel and St Peter's. So much to see in such little time!

It is the best option to know a little bit more about the history and some fun facts about what you are seeing

We wanted to know more about the Sistene Chapel, Vatican museums and Vatican city generally as a 1st time visitor to Rome.

Paula was a pleasant, effective and extremely knowledgeable tour guide. She added humor into her discussion which was welcome. Paula was very respectful of the rules in the Basicillica unlike most other tourguides, many of which totally ignorned the request for silence.

In the past we have always done our own thing , but the guided tour option was a good choice that enabled quicker access to the colosseum, but more impotantly gave us so much information on the tour from an expert (Maria) than you couldn't possibly have gleened any other way.

We liked the overall plan on what we could see in one visit. The guide was also a great feature to have.

We were lucky that the tour guided by Marco C.. Marco took care about whole group, counted us frequently, so noone was lost. We hear very interesting stories about creation of the artworks and different theories, which kept all time our interest and made a tour very individual and not as you can expect from academic explanation. @Marco thank you very much, you made extraordinarry job.

The guide was very knowledgeable of the beautiful art and surroundings of the Vatican museums very nice.. but we didn't get to see St.Peters cathedral because of work being done for the jubilee 2025 no fault of the guide of course.. my wife and self did enjoy the tour thank you ����

Ease to get into the Vatican and other associated places. Get the history behind the art secrets etc. from a knowledgeable tour guide.

Glad we booked the tour. It made the whole thing so much easier and reduced the queuing time by about 80%. The tour is much simpler than to get different tickets for each thing.

We appreciated the skip-the-line enterance to the Vatican museums. Also, our tour guide was awesome. The tour was quite long but very interesting.

Help with guiding around the Vatican as it is a big place. Also information about the paintings was helpful.

We wanted descriptions of all the beautiful paintings and art objects that we were seeing as well as the historical context.

Because of the historic significance of the place it would be interesting to have a deeper understanding via a guided tour.

We booked a tour for the experience of listening to a seasoned guide during our visit. Our guides name was Maggie, and she was exceptional! Her English was perfect, her knowledge of the Vatican and St Peters was profound, and she imparted a sense of energy and excitement into the entire tour which was remarkable considering that she gives the identical tours to many tourists multiple times per week.

It was the only way I could get a ticket within the time frame I had. I'm glad I did. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and that made the experience riveting, despite the crowds.

The guide (Claudia ??..) was amazing, she is knowledgeable, and making the info easy going and entertaining. She is a great guide !!

It seemed to be comprehensive and whilst not the cheapest it was offering what we were looking for without lots of ambiguity.

The detailed history given by our guide throughout the tour. He was very knowledgeable and had a sense of humour too!

Being such a historic site I thought that we would get much more out of our visit to the Colosseum etc with a tour.

I wanted to learn more about the history of the Colosseum and the Forum Our guide was very knowledgeable, entertaining and absolutely brilliant

We were looking forward to a more detailed account of the items on exhibit in the museum. We were also interested in a full explanantion of the Sistine Chapel.

To learn about the hidden stories that we would have missed if we self toured. Benjamin our guide was whitty, informative, answered all our questions and even dealt with poorly behaved people on the tour well when they abused him for their mistake.

We would have missed a lot of small points of interest without a guide. Francesca was knowledgeable and friendly and being with her meant we got through the entrance very quickly.

We loved all the history and wanted to have a tour guide that could tell us all the facts and stories. Stephanie did not disappoint.

Eugene shared his opinion on the genius of Michaelangelo and his work in the sistine chapel. Art history was very comprehensive and interesting! We would definitely request a tour again with him

We wanted some guidance on a tour and wanting to skip the queues. Julia, the guide was outstanding. She knew so much about the Vatican, its history , about the Popes and the artworks. She was interesting, had a good sense of humour and kept tabs on her group.. Her presentation was flawless.

The guided tour experience and the opportunity to find out info in an interactove way from a face to face interaction

Silvie was our tour guide. Very knowledgeable and made sure I was taken care of as I had my hip replaced. Easy to meet up and skipping the line by buying tickets ahead of time is the only way to go. Learned so much more by having guide explain things.

To skip the line by getting tickets ahead of time. Our guide (Paola) did a great job in explaining what we were seeing.

We wanted to hear and learn about everything in Vatican City from an expert in an orderly manner. The guide was very knowledge about everything and explained in detail.

This booking had the best reviews online and the cost was affordable given that it was a three hour tour.

I prefer to hear from an expert guide. Much quicker than reading guide books as they choose the best things to draw your attention to

The tour of the Vatican was fantastic. Nothing could have prepared me for the history, the grandeur and draw dropping experience. I highly recommend everyone to do this tour. I pre booked which I did as glad I did as the entrance lines were huge...walking directly to the entrance with out guide was a relief to not have to stand in the heat. Our tour guide was so informative and friendly, again, I highly recommend guided tours. What an amazing experience that I'll never forget!

It actually was the only option left for the day we were in Rome. It turned out to be amazing. Our guide was fantastic, and the tour was well worth it.

We booked last minute and this was the only option available. It was a bit more expensive than other tours but we were pleased we booked it as we skipped the very long queues and we were limited time so wouldn't have been able to wait in the queues .

We wanted to get the best out of our short stay and really dive in to the history of Vatican city and Rome.

Maghda, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, about The Colosseum and Surrounding sites. We wanted to find out the history.we

We booked through internet as we live in Ireland. It was so easy . We wanted to get some of the history of Rome.

Really friendly and patient guide who took care of our needs - one in our party was a little slow. Our guide was Zara

Our guide was patient and pretty nice. She explained everything in detail. She did not mind answering more questions.

To make the most of a vast place and our guide Debora was magnificent giving us key points to understand the artwork and especially Michelangelo. Thus tour was everything I wanted and more . I cannot recommend Debora enough

You could skip the line. The crowds were horrible, so it was nice to get out of the rain quickly and into the facilities.

My wife and myself took a taxi to the Vatican and found ourselves overwhelmed and not sure where to start, I got on line and found your company, purchased two tickets, walked a few blocks to your office and within 45 minutes we where immersed in the most amazing experience of our trip to Roma. Thank you for the amazing customer service B.J. Keeling

The tour was good up to the Sistine chapel where we had a brake and to resume to a meeting point, once we got there we could not locate our tour guide and had to continue on our own which was a bit inconvenient ☹️

We just happened to pick this tour and we're very happy. We have nothing but praise for Marta, our tour guide. She was knowledgeable, interesting, patient with those who lagged behind and also a funny story teller. Highly recommend Marta.

The tour appeared to include everyting that I wanted when I was booking it. It seemed a fair price for everything that was included and the time slots were convenient. The site was easy to navigate.

The guided tour was a must to do in Vatican because it was so crowded and cannot know what to do as a tourist.

We wanted to hear the hsitory of the places, rather than just look at them. A digital guide would have been much cheaper but there is no comparison with and actual person.

Me and my group always dreamed of comming to Europe and learn more about it, Mariam (like Virgin Mary ) was really helpful

Ability to skip long lines and access all 3 Vatican mist important sights: Museums, Sistine Chapel, and St Peters Basilica.

We wished to avoid long lines and were also completely unfamiliar with the Vatican, so a guided tour seemed the best option to get access to all the areas we wanted to visit, while also getting some background information.

Great tour, right from reception to Paula our guide who was amazing. Visited on September 9th, the Vatican was very busy. The skip the line and guidance from Paula was definitely worth it.

Just to help negotiate the crowd whilst gaining some knowledge about the Vatican, Vatican City, The Sistine Chapel and St Peters Basilica.

I liked what they described on the tour. I May have had. Recommendation from a friend who used this service earlier in the summer.

It contained the most experiences. We got to visit the Vatikan Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peters Basilica by one go.

We wanted to know more about the history of Vatican City. Jaber was very knowledgeable. He kept the guided tour going at a good pace & did not overwhelm us with to much information. He was very respectful of the surroundings ( Sistine Chapel, the Basilica) & made sure we were too!

Desire to make the most of our short time in Rome. Considered getting a knowledgeable guide would be best way to achieve that aim!

Amazing tour guide. Clearly explained the history and significance of the monuments with passion, detail and humour.

I chose to book a guided tour beacause I wanted to find out more than I would have found if I went on my own.

This tour included the Ancient Rome highlights we most wanted to see with a guide, so we could get more out of what we were seeing.

Our tour guide Laura_S had incredible knowledge of the Vatican Museum artifacts and told us other interesting that captured our attention. She was very careful not to lose us in such a crowded space. She was humorous and always had an answer for anyone who asked a question. This was not a boring guided tour Bbecause Laura was passionate about Vatican hisory . 10/10 Laura thank you Elizabeth ( scotland)

I wanted to learn and experience the Vatican from a tour guide. The history, details and quirky facts made it entertaining and memorable.

To a full and efficient experience of the colosseum. Information is easier to digest when heard than read.

Tour guide was exceptional! She helped us through the Vatican and explained what everything was in detail

Availability as we booked the day before , price snd we wanted a shorter tour. We booked the diode for the museums and Sistine chapel but we're self guided for St Peter's.

We wanted to learn about the history of the Vatican and the art work contained in this historic place.

Diana was a great tour guide. We enjoyed the full tour. Very informative but also not too much information to make it boring.

We heard the museums can be overwhelming, so we wanted a guide to help us see the best things and give us some additional information.

Wanted to have some detailed information on the Vatican, skip the lines and small tour group. Madia was an excellent guide and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of St Peter's and the Vatican museum.

I think you always get a much better experience and learn a lot when you have a guide. Our guide for this tour was amazing and really brought the place to life. Highly recommended.

We wanted a knowledgeable guide to get the most out of the visit and our guide very much delivered! It was an excellent tour - thank you

I want to lean a little bit more history about the Vatican and learned a lot about Sistine Chapel and was amazed by the Pope tombs underneath

Susana was great! She was super energetic and so fun to be around. The tour itself was great, very informative and interesting. Recommend!!

We realised there was so much more information we could gain than by walking through by ourselves. We also wanted to beat the queues.

They are places that I have grown up hearing about and seeing and I really wanted to see them for myself.

Wanted more of a history reflected tour by a guide instead of a self guided tour without the hoisirical information.

The structure of the tour was very helpful due to the immense size of the Vatican Museums - our tour guide Silvia was amazingly helpful, knowledgeable and focused. We managed to see all of the highlights in the most efficient way, without the possibility of getting lost throughout all of the many collections.

Came up favourably on Google and TripAdvisor. Was withing cost and being able to split the experience over two days was a bonus.

I thought a guide would highlight the most important parts of your huge build and art collections, which she did

The amount and importance of the historical sites. Our tour guide, Diego, was phenomenal and went way out of his way to answer all of my questions and give the absolute best possible tour. As good as it gets.

To learn more of the history and our guide was very knowledgeable and explained everything that we need to know. It was a great pleasure to be our tour guide.